… Breaking the code …
[O N E S H O T]

Written By: Innocent
Date Started: September 15
Date Complete: September 21

 

            High school is definitely a lot different from middle school. Everything seems to be a lot bigger, taller and scarier. The hallway is packed with students and it takes forever to find my next class and make it there alive. I wasn’t the senior anymore like how I was in middle school, here, in Seoul High I’m the youngest, the new kid -- the freshmen.

I have three classes and they’re located in different levels in our school and it’s driving me nuts. My legs are so sore from running to my locker which is located on first floor and then once I get my book I have to run up two flights of stairs to find my next class.

I didn’t want to attend Seoul High School because it ridiculously expensive, but my parent wanted me to have the best education, so here I am, in one of South Korea’s most expensive high school. Seoul High is like a college, you pay for every class you take, but beside that everything is the same comparing it to every other high school. The only cool thing is that you can pick whatever class you want to take, like music, theater or dance class. They don’t really care how many classes you take you just have to be able to pay for it and complete your requirement classes for your grade at the end of the year.

Unlike those rich bastards in my school, my parent could only afford three classes for me and I took three classes which are English, Photography and Math

“Damn it” I hit my stupid locker. I tried opening it for the third time and yet I still can’t open it. I checked the combination on my schedule and tried it again, but this time it remains the same.  Tired, sore and absolutely hungry I wanted to grab an axe and destroy the stupid locker of mine.

“Need help?” A beautiful girl a little taller than me asked and I nodded like an idiot. “What’s your combo?”

“Huh?”

“Combination, what is it?” She asked nicely and I handed her my schedule. It took her a few second, and then my locker popped open. My jaw dropped as if I had just seen her do a magic trick in front of my eyes. “There you go.” She smiled handing me my schedule back. “Are you new here?”

“I’m a freshmen” I answered, placing my books in my small locker and grabbing my next class belonging.  “Thanks for helping me” I bow and she smiled.

“My name is Chae Yeon, and you are?”

“My name is Heeyoung.”

“Well, it was nice meeting you.” She smiled and walks away.

In Seoul High, there are a lot of beautiful girls, and handsome man, but Chae Yeon has to be the top because she looked like a human doll and I have never ever seen a girl as beautiful as she.

After getting my belonging I ran up the stairs to the second level and enter my photograph class. Luckily I still have ten minutes before class start, I could have explore my new surrounding like Dora, but I didn’t know anybody and to be honest I was scared to get lost in this gigantic school. Class was about to start when I sat Chae Yeon enter the room with a guy behind her.

‘Wow, he’s hot and she’s hot’ I thought eyeing them as they make their way to an open seat. Before Chae Yeon sat down she saw me and wave. I wave back. Miss. Kim, introduce us to the class and what we have to do in order to pass it and then after her long speech she gave us a little assignment.

“Please get to know two people in this class write a paragraph on each person and turn it in at the end of class.” She announces and after that everybody got up and walks around to get to know other people. I sat perfectly still, not wanting to get up from my seat and get to know other people. I at making friends then I saw Chae Yeon waving at me to come to her. I stood up, grab my belonging and walk over to where she and her friend sat.

“Hey, I didn’t know we have the same class” She said and I smiled, but the boy sitting beside her kept starring at me like I was a delicious piece of meat. “Say hi!” She nudged the rude boy sitting beside her.

“Hey” He smiled with his eyes still glued onto me. “I’m Leo, and you are?”

“I’m… Hee young, Choi Hee Young. “I smiled back and look at him.

“So, what grade are you in?” He asked and I look away from him, not wanting him to notice that I have been starring at him like how he has been starring at me.

“She’s a freshman” Chae Yeon answered and lean closer to me. “If anybody bothers you let me know okay.” She said and I nodded, completely lost in her words. Why would people bother me and why in the world did she want me to tell her if people were?

After class we went our separate ways, Leo and Chae Yeon is seniors and I’m just a plain old freshman. Class is now over and my English class won’t start until an hour from now. Everybody is enjoying eating their lunch in the cafeteria or outside and I’m stuck standing by my locker stuffing junk food in my mouth.

“Hey, Hey, Hey!” A group of boys stop in their track when they walk up past me. “What’s your name cutie?” I ignore them, hoping they’ll leave me. “Ah, she must be a freshman.”

“I like freshie fresh” another one said.

“What’s your name cutie, you haven’t answer me yet.” He asked once again. I ignore him again, but this time he grabbed my arm and pulled me closer to him.

“Yah, what are you doing!” I yelled, pushing him away from me but his grip on my wrist was too tight.

“I wouldn’t touch her if I were you” The group of boys and I turn to where the voice was coming from and stood across from us was Leo. His back lean against the lockers and his face was filled with boredom as he stared back at us. The boys immediately walk away like nothing has happened and I stood dumbfound looking at them.

“You all right?” He asked and I jumped. How in the world did he do that? He was standing a couple of feet away from us, and I didn’t even notice him sneaking up to my side.

“I’m fine” I lied and shut my locker. “Damn it” I cuss under my breath at what I just did. I look at him and he smiled leaning against the locker beside mine. I pull out my schedule from my back pocket and begin to unlock my locker. I felt like a for not being able to open my own locker as he patiently watches me in amusement.

“Need help?” He asked after my fourth tried. I refuse to say a word to him and lower my head in shame, I held my schedule with my locker combo on it and he took it. Within a few seconds the locker pop open and he smiled handing me back my schedule.

“Thanks” I said and put all my books in my bag and shut it. “Bye??” I said after shutting my locker. He remains still and smiling like a perfect statue. “Bye” I said once again and walk away leaving him there

School was finally over for the day and even though my legs are sore I had to walk 30 minutes to the snobby apartment that my parent rented for me for this year. My parent are back home, in a small town containing only about 300 people and work as fisherman which mean I’m in Seoul, far, far away from them. Actually it only takes three hours to get back to my hometown, but I’m all alone.

“Hee Young!” I heard Chae Yeon’s voice and turn back, but she wasn’t behind me. I turn to the street and saw her inside her car. My jaw dropped, eyes popped out and I couldn’t believe she was riding such an expensive car. “Where are you headed?”

“Home”

“Hop in, I’ll drop you”

“It’s okay, you go ahead.” I would love a ride, but I didn’t want to dirty her car or feel any less poor than I already am.

“Come on” She push the passenger door open and I smiled. I hopped in her car and touch the beautiful leather seat. “Where’s your house?”

“It’s 30 minutes from her on Sunset Street.”

“So I heard you almost got bully huh?” she asked

“What?”

“It’s okay I’ve been there before. Luckily for you Leo came and helped you. Guys, they’re always chasing the fresh meat.”

“What do you mean? “ I asked confused by her statement.

“You’re a fresh meat, everyone wants a piece.” She said. I thank her for the ride and enter my ugly one room apartment. The ceilings were covered in mole and the walls looks like it will collapse at anytime, but it’s better than nothing.

The next day at school is the same; nothing much happen beside the infamous Leo Park was waiting for me patiently by my locker.

Is he being nice or does he have an evil plan? To be honest I never made friend with a guy before or ever talked to a boy unless it was school related.

“Hi” he wave, his back against the locker beside mine.

“Hi?” I said and pulled out my schedule.

“07-02-91” he said to me before I was able to unfold my schedule. I look at him surprised. This boy is sure smart, he only opens my locker once and he remembers my combo. He smiled kindly as I slowly open my stupid locker. “You look beautiful today.” I blush

‘Did he just say the word beautiful?’ I thought to myself as I place my book in my locker and grab the one I needed.

“I like how you do your hair, it makes you look cute” he added and I remain frozen.

‘Damn, two compliment!!!!’ I said to myself. I always thought I was ugly or somewhat because no guys ever talked to me or compliment me before.

“Can I walk with you to your Math class?” he asked. I shut my locker and just nodded like an idiot fan girl. Wait, how did he know I have Math class? Maybe because I saw it yesterday when I handed him my schedule…

After class he was waiting for me and walked with me to my locker than to my next class and that’s how it is for the next class. Weird, but I somehow enjoy his company. The next day was the same; before I arrived to school he was already waiting for me by my locker.

2 weeks later

“Hey, Hee young can I give you a ride home? You look like you’re about to died any second” Leo said gently nudging me as we walk to my locker.

“My apartment is far from here.”

“It’s okay, I have a bike.” He said and I nodded. I honestly didn’t feel too good, I’ve been sick because of the crazy weather and to be honest it’s probably the lack of food that I have at home. I’ve been eating noodle day and night.

His motorcycle is a beauty. I nearly choke on air just starring at it. It matched him so perfectly like a couple made in heaven. He pats the back seat and I hop on.

“Do you want to fall down and break your head or what?” He asked grabbing both of my arms and wrapped it around him. “Hold onto me silly.” It took me forever to get to my apartment, but time went by so fast with him. His warmness made me tired and before I fell asleep we were already at my apartment. ‘You okay?” I nodded and hop off.

I bid him goodbye, but he came back later and knock on my door.

“Leo? What are you doing here?” I asked once I open the door. He pushed me aside gently and entered my ugly apartment. He scans the surrounding and sat down on the cold tile. “Leo, it’s late you should go home” I said once I shut the door and sat across from him.

“How can I go home when you look scarier than a ghost?” He said and pulled out over 8 different medications that he had purchase from the store after he dropped me. “I didn’t know what kind of cold you have, but I brought headache, migraine, back pain, and ects…” he said pulling it out of the bag and I stare at him like he was an idiot.

“What? I told you I don’t know I just grabbed everything on the counter.” He smiled and I laughed. “So this is where you live huh?” he asked nodding his head in disgust.

“Shut up, I’m not rich like you” I laugh reading the label on the medication.

“So where do you sleep?”

“Right here” I said.

“Where do you eat?”

“Right here”

“?”

“Downstairs, there’s only one main bathroom.”

“Oh…” He answered with pity in his voice. I thank him and he left. Hours later I lay on the cold tile, trying to fall asleep. Thanks to his medication I was able to feel a little better than

KNOCK KNOCK

I slowly got up, turn on the light and walk to the door.

“Who is it?”

“Your guardian angel” Leo said and I open the door.

“What now?” I asked with tired eyes.

“I’m hungry” He said and walked inside placing the five bags of food on the ground.  

“Leo, you don’t have to do this.”

“Do what? I’m hungry and I want to eat with you…”

“This is too much food for you.”

“Baby girl don’t underestimate me, I eat like a pig” he said and I laugh. The food was delicious and for a long, long time I felt full for once. I don’t know when I knock out but when I woke up it was already morning and I was place in my warm covers and pillow. I woke up late, now I’m going to be late for school. I jumped up and got change.

“Good sleep?” Leo said sitting on his parked motorcycle as he waited for me.

“What are you doing here?” I asked walking up to him.

“Picking you up, what else?” He smirked and hop on his bike. I jumped on and didn’t fight with him.

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“You’re really good at taking pictures” I said to Leo after he develops his pictures.

“Really? Well, you want me to teach you?” He nudged me. After the ride to school he’s been really mean toward me and I don’t know why. Every now and then he’s a gentleman, and then in the next second he’s a demon.

“You smell bad”

“You’re so short”

“Your cheeks are so chubby”

“You’re slow, slowpoke”

He continued saying negative things to me and I didn’t know why. Was he mad at me or did I do something wrong?

“You have really flat chest” he said one day.

“You know what LEO! IF I SMELL BAD, IF I’M SHORT, IF MY CHEEK ARE FAT, IF I’M SLOW AND IF MY CHEST ARE SO FLAT THAN WHY AR EYOU ALWAYS BUGGING THE OUT OF ME!” I yelled at him in anger, I couldn’t’ take it anymore. At time I feel like he’s my best friend than I feel like he’s my biggest enemy. With tears in my eyes I walk away ignoring his shock face. I quickly wipe my tears, but before I know it he grab my wrist, pulled me into his chest and embrace me.

“Sorry” he said. “Maybe your bad qualities attract me and somehow make me a .” he said as he tightens the hug. Student walking past us stare at us like we’re a crazy couple in love or something.

“Uh, Leo… people are starring” I said and gently push him away

“Let him stare it won’t hurt them” he said

“Uh, Leo… Leo, can you let me go now I’m not mad anymore” I said but he refuses. After a few second he releases me and look into my eyes.

“Hee young, I like you. I really do, be my girl?” he said and I laugh

“Me?”

“Yes, you”

“YOU want to date ME?” I laugh and mock him.

“You know what forget it” he said and walks away.

“Leo! Come on” I laughed, and grab his arm. “Are you serious?” I smiled, but his face remains serious and angry. “Oh. You’re serious?”

“Why would I ask you to be my girl and not be serious?”

“Well, you’re always joking around… I…” The smile on my face disappears as I stare at him. “But why me? You could pick any girl in this school to be your girlfriend and you want me?” he sigh and held my cold hand in his.

“That’s true I can have any girl I want, but there’s only one girl in my eyes and that’s you” He pulled me closer to him. My heart beat so fast and so hard I felt as if it continued on beating like this it might jump out and punch him in the chest.

2 years and standing strong

Who knew I’d fall in love with Leo?

Who knew I’d experience my first love like this.

I never thought I’d fall in love or be in love, but I don’t regret it at all. Leo graduated high school and is now attending a university while I’m in high school. Even though we don’t go to the same school anymore he always come pick me up from school and drop me off at my apartment.

“He’s just playing with her”

“He’s not serious with her”

“HER? Are you kidding me why would he waste his time with a bum like that?”

People said bad things; they didn’t believe in us or support us. Leo was the ladies man, he’s been with over hundreds of girls before he met me and all of them are beautiful, y, model looking girls and me? I’m just a short, chubby cheek high school girl. Whatever they said I ignore it and I trusted him. There were times when we argue because girls were always flirting with him and I’d get mad.

“Hey, Leo. I miss you, it’s been so long since we hang out together” a beautiful, y girl said touching his face while I stood beside him like an idiot.

“Been busy lately” He said and removes her hand. He squeezes my hand to tell me not to get mad and that he’s just being nice. “What’s up with you?”

“Oh, same-o-same-o.” She said standing closer to him.

I wanted to push her away, pulled her hair out of her Barbie doll face and kick Leo in the ding dong, but instead I push his hands off and walk away.

“Got to go” I heard him say and run after me. “Babe” he grab my hands, but I push it off

“Go away”

“Babe, come on I was just being nice. I just said hi to her”

“You said more than just hi, Leo. I saw how bad she wanted you and yet you ignore that and pretended like you didn’t know it.”

“Babe!” He grabs my wrist and pulled me. “Stop being mad, I didn’t do anything wrong.”

“Would you like it if my ex did that to me?” I said then felt stupid for saying it. I never dated anyone before; he’s my first and probably my last. He smiled, pulled me closer and kissed the tip of my nose as he embraced me.

“I’d kill him within a heartbeat” he said with a smile. “I’m sorry, forgive me?”

“Leo, it’s hard for me okay. You’ve been with millions of pretty girls and I’m just worried, no, scared that one day you might go ---“

“Shut up.” He said and lean his forehead against mine “Just shut up, if I wanted to leave you I would’ve years ago, I’m still here and I will be.” I smiled and look away “You don’t have to be worry because this crazy stubborn heart of mine is locked with your idiot jealous heart”

He taught me what love is, taught me how to kiss, taught me how to be a better girl. He showed me the world and made me feel like a princess everyday. I loved him, I really do.

“Leo, if you have three wishes what would you wish for?” I asked out of boredom as he watched a cartoon on television in his dorm

“Hmm, I’d wish for us to be together forever… For me to be able to complete all your dreams and I’d wish for you to be the happiness woman on this planet earth.” He said leaning his chin on my shoulder.

“Happiness woman, what about you?”

“Baby, if you’re happy, I’m happy.”  He said and I turn around and embrace him.

“I love you”

“I love you too” He kissed my forehead. “But I want something in return for making you the happiest woman on earth.”

“Oh, and what is that?”

“Give me ten kids”

“TEN?” I look at him in disbelief

“Five girls, five boys… “He smirk and hugged me. “Ah, come on it won’t be so bad, think about it the mini Leopark and mini choiheeyoung running around the house making the old Leo Park and old hee young mad…”

“You’re insane, crazy no you’re mentally retarded” I laughed as he tickle me.

“I have something to show you” He said and dragged me to his bedroom.

“What is it?” I asked anticipating what he was going to show me.

“Here” He handed me a picture of a wedding dress.

“It’s yellow” I said looking at the wedding dress

“I know.”

“Leo, wedding dress is white, not yellow.” I said looking at the beautiful yellow wedding dress photo. He stood behind me, wrap his arms around me and push me onto his bed. I laughed and he nuzzles his head on my neck. “Why does it have to be white?”

“Because every wedding dress is white” I said laughing.

“It’s our wedding; why not make it our own?” He said and kisses my neck. “Let’s break the code babe. The code of white wedding dress… I don’t want us to have the same wedding as everybody else; let’s make it our own and represent our love.”

“Breaking the code?” I said and he nodded. “Yellow it is than, but why yellow?”

“Because my baby girl looks good in yellow”

A moment later he grabbed my hand and kissed it.

“You have beautiful hands, babe…” He said as he looked at my fingers, then I felt something cold sliding down my ring finger and I looked, it was a ring.

“Leo?” I looked at it in shocked.

“You like it? It took forever for me to draw the ring and had a custom build for you” he said kissing my hand. I sat up, look at him with tears and hugged him.

“It’s beautiful” I said with tears.

Leo and I talked about our future together. How many kids we want, where we want to live, what we want to do with our life and what kind of house we want to build to represent us. I never thought I’d fall this deep in love with him, but because of him I feel happier, ate a little more, feel a little prettier and made me focus more in school. Before I met Leo I always thought about my future boyfriend, how cute he was, how handsome and tall he was and thinking back to it Leo is the exact opposite of it. He’s short, he’s cute and he’s handsome but the totally opposite from the picture I had in mind.

Leo left to California with his college classmate and he’ll be gone for two weeks, every day and night he’d call and talk to me. I miss him; I especially miss taking a nap as he held me. In the two weeks I realize how much I loved him and how important he was to me.

“I miss you!” I jumped in his arms when he finally got back.

“I miss you too” He said in a low guilty voice

“What’s wrong?”

“Nothing, just tired babe” He said holding onto my hand as we walk out of the airport. After that he’s been really distance from me. He still calls me, pick me up and hug me, but there’s something wrong about him.

“What’s wrong? Why are you acting like this?” I asked hugging him as he stared into space.

“Nothing’s wrong with me why?” he would say.

Four months later I receive a phone call. The screen said it was an unknown number, but when I picked up the call I knew who was on the other line.

“Hey, how you been Chae Yeon? It’s been so long since I last talk to you” I said happily as I wash the dirty dishes that Leo hadn’t wash yesterday night.

It took five words to end our relationship.

“I’m pregnant with Leo’s baby”

The cell phone dropped into the sink and tears cascade down my face. Everything made sense, the way he’s been acting, the guilt in his voice, he cheated on me. I waited for him to come home and when he did I confronted him. It was true, he knew she was pregnant a few weeks earlier but he didn’t dare tell me because he didn’t want to hurt me.

“It was an accident; I swear we were partying with a group of friend. I got drunk, she got drunk and thing just happened.” He begged holding my hand.

I refuse to say a word as my tears said it all. I pull the finger off of my finger and place it on his table. I look at him one last time and walk out of his dorm and out of his life forever.

I cried every night.

I cried thinking of him.

I cried eating.

I cried sleeping.

I even cried in class.

I cried my heart out until I couldn’t cry anymore.

Our future, our promises and our love is over and done.

He married Chae Yeon.

They have a family together.

He’s making her dreams come true, yet he destroys mine.

I want to be with him, I want to love him again, I want to sleep in his arms and talk about our future together, but not in this life because I didn’t want the innocent child to think I stole their daddy away and destroy their family. I didn’t want to be that kind of girl, which is why I kept his love, locked in my heart and move on…

No one said love is easy.
No one told me love is pain-free.
No one said your first love will be your last.
This is my first love & how it ended.

He didn’t break the code, but he broke the key to my heart…

One year later as I was packing to move back home I found a brown box hidden in my closet.
I opened it and pull the things inside out. I place the toy camera on the ground
and open the note. Tears weld up in my eyes once again as I read word by word.
It was his handwriting, his ugly handwriting that made me blind because it was so ugly.

I’m sorry. I’m sorry for hurting you, for not being able to keep you happy.
If god can grant me those three wishes I would tell god that I don’t need three wishes I only need one, just one wish can make everything right. Id wish to have you back. I love you and I will always love you no matter what, but what I did was wrong and let me suffer it in this life, and pray to god that he’ll let us meet again in the next life, so I can love you once more and fulfill your dreams. I hope you find someone better than me and will cherish you, not like me. Heeyoung, I love you from the bottom of my heart.

Love, Leo Park

I picked up the camera toy and looked inside and more tears fell down. It was a camera toy, each time I press the button a new picture that he had inserted in appeared. There were a total of 10 pictures of us that we had taken back then and at the end was blink and on it wrote three words that broke my heart into a million pieces… those 3 words were

“BABE MARRY ME”

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